Russian Military Diplomacy Considered: The S-400 Sale to Turkey

Abstract

Nations are not always at war and militaries are not always in combat. As a result, countries often employ their militaries in ways other than combat operations. Historically studied as security or defense cooperation and recently reclassified as Military Diplomacy (MD), these actions play a significant role in the relationships between nations. This thesis defined MD, highlighted military arms sales as a core element of Russian MD, known as Military-Technical Cooperation (MTC), and then evaluated recent military-military interactions between Turkey and Russia as a case study for Russian military arms sales in action. In this instance, Russia and Turkey set aside past concerns and established a relationship that Russia exploited to achieve a significant military arms sale with far-reaching foreign policy consequences.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1126673

Entities

People

  • Robert K. Wallace

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Movements
  • Political Science
  • Second World War
  • Sociopolitics
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.